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  1. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    After 8 months I've had my first go at singing while playing... it's definitely about 2 or 3 years too soon 😂 - but I figured it'd be good to get these early attempts recorded & documented to also look back on & laugh along with the rest of it in 10 years. Kept it simple... simple song.. simple...
  2. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Apologies for the two months absence - super busy with life stuff! I hope anyone who's still around from last year are keeping well & have had a good start to this year! On my front.. bad news is I didn't have time to record updates or really progress much through modules... However.. good news...
  3. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Thanks Bridget! I was very busy the last two months so didn't have time to record any updates... this week I finally had the chance!
  4. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    This is just a video of my general review on the online course I'm following now I've completed grade one... might be a useful little watch for anyone considering learning guitar or looking for opinions of an online course who may stumble across this thread (now or in the future).
  5. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Short snappy update as I come to the end of a consolidation phase... bigger & newer things to come in the next week or so.
  6. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Ahh thanks so much that's very kind of you... really appreciate that!
  7. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    I couldn't help but get a little festive. Been practicing stuff that should well & truly annoy my family when performed in mum's living room in a couple weeks time.
  8. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    100 hours officially completed... couldn't help but put together a little compilation. Still rubbish but on we march!
  9. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Took a step backwards this week in hopes of eventually taking several steps forwards by mainly focusing on songs that work the two chords I find most difficult - C & D.. well, save for Dm.. but I'll tackle more of that another time. I think another couple of weeks consolidating this type of...
  10. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Month three - now entering a consolidation phase until I feel comfortable enough to move onto... you know... that F thing & the second grade of the course I'm following.
  11. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    After 72 hours I reckon it's fair to say I now know the cowboy chords... even if changing between them still requires a lot of work.
  12. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Overcoming that god-forsaken guitar quitting phase.
  13. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    10 weeks in... not too much change as I've mainly been going over the same things for the past 2/3 weeks... hopefully just some small improvements with bits & pieces. The polishing of chord changes, technique, strumming, picking, rhythm etc. continues.. onwards & upwards with the G chord next...
  14. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Haha a true badge of honour! Yes funnily enough I did actually use a nile file to smoothen them down... I think around day 40... much better after that!
  15. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    This one isn't for the squeamish... if you don't like looking at calluses forming you may want to give this one a miss... if you're morbidly curious like I am then you may want to give it a watch... Short 6-7 minute documentary outlining the 54 days it took for my calluses to develop before...
  16. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Well.... I learned the C chord this week. However, with that opening me up to an abundance of new songs I was immediately reminded that I have to work on continuing to polish up not only the chords I've previously learned but also the action of changing between them all - of course, I'm aware...
  17. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    You're welcome Bridget! Great to have you watching & following along... I'm hoping you can relate to a lot of it!
  18. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    This is after 7 weeks of learning. For the second week in a row I put the main focus on the Am, Dm & Em (I wasn't comfortable enough with them last week to move onto new stuff) so now we have a little run through of the 5 songs I've been practicing once a day to start getting to grips with them...
  19. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    No problem at all! Though I'm not sure it contains too much knowledge.... more just my experience haha!
  20. ShawnE

    New beginner YouTube channel - Going (hopefully) from dreadful to decent

    Introduction of the Em, Am & Dm chords. Still have plenty of work to do with these minor chords (particularly the Dm) before I'll be comfortable enough to add the next chord & whatnot.
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